tci Part B Insider - 2012 Issue 25

Part B Revenue Booster: Achieve Global Dominance With This Global Period Primer

Confuse 'XXX' with '0' global days and you could be flushing money away.Ignoring global periods can wreak havoc on your bottom line, leading to denied claims, resubmissions, and appeals. But if you get to know the seven types of global periods Medicare assigns to procedure codes, you can look forward to smoother sailing when billing these claims. Count Your Days for Major Or MinorOf the seven different types of global periods Medicare has established, three represent the number of days of postoperative care included in the fee for the initial procedure, as follows:000 - This period indicates that...

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